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A. D. GEORGE. .SOARF SUPPORTER.

No. 65,663. PatentedJunell, 1867 75%;; eaves. I [71 M14222:

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AMOS .l). GEORGE. OF 'BOS TO N, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Pas-mi No. 65,663, clatezl June 11, 186T.

IMPROVEMENT IN SOARF-SUPPORTERS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, AMOS D. GEORGE, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Scarf or Neck-Tic Supporter; and I do hereby declare that the following, taken in connection with the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification, is a description of my invention sufficient to enable those skilled in the art to practise it.

The use of paper collars as an article of wearing apparel has led to an almost coextensive employment of scarf or neck-tie supporters, in which the scarf, instead of being passed around the neck between the folds of the collar, is doubled over or fastened to a device hung upon .the front collar or shirt-button, the fragile nature of the collar rendering it impracticable to insert the scarf within its fold. p

A great variety of these scarf-supporters maybe found in use, but so far as I know they all have this characteristic, namely, in connection with a button-loop or recess, two horns or arm projecting up at opposite ends of the device, these horns being extended up into the folds of the collar (after the scarf is applied thereto, and after or before the device is secured to the button) to hold the top of the scarf closely into the neck, and give to it a natural appearance, similar to that it would have were the scarf wound about the neck within the folds of the collar in the old manner.

Now, in each of these supporters the two horns or arms have, so fur-as I know, this further peculiarity, namely, they are so inficxibly connected that the one'cannot be moved lengthwise without moving the other, and hence, when one end has been properly inserted under the collar, the attempt to similarly dispose the other often draws out the first, the more especially if the scarf is thicli at the part applied to the supporter.

To remedy this diiliculty is the object of my invention, and I accomplish the desired result by connecting the two horns or ends of the device by an elastic, which permits longitudinal movement of one end with respect to the other, this elastic serving as the cross-piece directly over or upon which the scarf is applied; and my invention consists, therefore, in a supporter the horns or arms of which are connected by an elastic.

The drawings represent, at A, a device embodying .the invention, and B shows one of the many forms of scarf-supporters in common use.

In each of these figures a denotes the loop or recess for applying the supporter to the button; 61: the horns or arms to be inserted in the collar fold, the cross-piece connecting the ends or tips of these serving as a the direct holder of the scarf or neck-tie, which is generally folded over the upper edge of this piece. In the supporter represented at B the tips of the arms 5 6 are connected'by a wire, 0, which not only acts as a strut to keep. the tips at proper relative distance apart, but also as a tie that keeps them from any further separation and from nearly all movement of one, relatively to the other} and this is true of each of the'various supporters in use, whether made of plate or of wire, the one represented being in this respect a type of alh In place of this unyielding cross-piece I unite the tips oi', the horns b b by an elastic band or connection, 01, (made of rubber or other suitable resilient material,) so forming the wire that its own elasticity holds the horns b I) normally at proper distance apart, and stretches the elastic sufficiently taut to form a suitable support for the scarf or neck-tie.

Now, it will be obvious that the capability of movement given by this elastic to one horn or arm relatively to the other, and longitudinally as well as laterally, enableseach end to be readily adjusted under the collar without disturbance of the other, and that when so adjusted the retract-ability of the rubber will hold the scarf more neatly and satisfactorily up to the neck than where the connection between the horns is made by a wire or plate.

I claim a scarf or neck-tie supporter, constructed to operate substantially as set forth.

AMOS D. GEORGE Witnesses:

J. B. CnosBY, F. Goon). 

